No. 23-758

Brian Chancey v. BASF Corporation

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: ada americans-with-disabilities-act business-necessity covid-policy direct-threat disability-discrimination employment-discrimination qualification-standards retaliation
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Court abuse its discretion in dismissing the amended complaint for disability discrimination and retaliation?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Did the Court abuse its discretion in dismissing the amended complaint for disability discrimination and retaliation? Does an employer violate the ADA’s prohibition on discriminatory qualification standards when it imposes daily non-job-related treatment protocols "on an employee because it regards the employee as a direct threat without evidence? : Does an employer violate the ADA’s prohibition on discrimination when it establishes new exclusionary qualification standards which impose non-job-related treatments and tests? Did the Court abuse its discretion by failing to consider the Congressional intent and standard of review for ADA pleadings by failing to review defendant’s response to determine if it expressed any viable ADA defense? Is a covered employer required by the ADA to show that the new “COVID policy” qualification standards for employment are job-related for the position in question and consistent with “business necessity”? Is a covered employer required, by the conditions set forth in the statute, to show that an employee individually and objectively poses a “direct threat” of the specific threat the new qualification standards are designed to mitigate? Did the Court abuse its discretion by refusing to properly analyze whether certain “COVID policy” medical treatments and tests qualify as non-job-related qualification standards? ; : -i: Did the Court abuse its discretion by refusing to properly analyze whether the certain “COVID policy” mitigation measures qualify as inquiries designed to assess a (perceived) disability? Did the Court abuse its discretion by refusing to accept both the plaintiffs and defendant’s fact allegations and evidence showing that he was currently being , treated as if he were a threat of deadly contagious disease? ‘ Did the Court abuse its discretion by failing to consider that the “COVID policy” imposes new qualification standards which meet the definition of prohibited actions? Is the Court biased and abusing its discretion because the Court has adopted nearly the same discriminatory policies and practices which gave rise to the complaint? . ‘ i -ii ; II.

Docket Entries

2024-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
2024-02-09
Waiver of right of respondent BASF to respond filed.
2024-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 12, 2024)

Attorneys

BASF
Ryan J. SwinkOgletree Deakins, Respondent
Ryan J. SwinkOgletree Deakins, Respondent
Brian Chancey
Brian Chancey — Petitioner
Brian Chancey — Petitioner